First things first – if you haven’t seen Neil’s opening number, you can see it on the Oscars website.
In an interview conducted at the Governors’ Ball, he talks to E! about the performance, and his appearance on Glee, which starts filming today.
We’ll be continuing to add to our gallery throughout the day, with both pictures from the ceremony and the Governors’ Ball.
In a new Los Angeles Times article, Neil discusses HIMYM, suits and his own personal style.
“I’m a jeans and T-shirt kind of guy,” he said in a recent interview. “I was intimidated by high-end fashion growing up, and I never really bought into all the expensive things they were hawking in the fashion magazines.
“I didn’t know what to make of it. . . . I’d go into Fred Segal and panic at all the $6,000 shirts. I’d just as soon go to H&M and buy a similar shirt for $70.”
Even so, as a result of playing the show’s well-clad cad, Harris has had the luxury of engaging in some sartorial soul-searching. “Because the wardrobe department adds four or five new suits to Barney’s wardrobe each season, I’ve had the chance to try on just about every brand of suit on the market,” he said.
“That’s how I found that certain brands just fit my body type well. Dolce & Gabbana uses thinner fabrics and that makes them more comfortable for me — that’s another thing I’ve learned from” the show.
Harris, who doesn’t rely on a personal stylist to dress him for talk show appearances and red carpets, has even borrowed from the show’s wardrobe on occasion. “That’s one of the great things about being a guy,” he said. “You can just throw on a suit.”
And when pressed, he’ll admit he can see the wisdom of spending good money on denim (he favors Levi’s and Hudson) and underwear — “the stuff you wear all the time,” he said. He shops for clothes at Barneys CO-OP (“the one at the Grove is pretty good, but I’m usually in New York”). He’s partial to shades of blue and gray, shuns bold patterns and confesses a peculiar addiction to V-neck T-shirts.
“Slate gray is my favorite color,” he said. “I probably have 15 gray short-sleeve V-neck T-shirts in my house. Every time I go to buy clothes, I seem to end up with two more. I’ve got dark gray, darker gray, light gray, lighter gray, [and] darker blue-gray.”
You can read the rest of the interview at the LA Times website, and we’ve added the photoshoot pictures to the gallery, along with some pictures of Neil on the phones at the Hope for Haiti Now telethon on Friday night. The two-hour telethon raised $57m. You can continue to donate by phone, text, or via the Hope for Haiti website for the next six months.
Neil also attended the new Pee Wee Herman show at LA’s Club Nokia last week, and talked to TheStar.com about the show, and the chances of Dr Horrible 2.
The night I attended, I happened to spot How I Met Your Mother’s Neil Patrick Harris in the audience, and was able to ask him what he thought of the show during an HIMYM set visit the next day.
He essentially agreed with me, having been both mildly entertained and somewhat disappointed with how much of it was recycled. It needs, we concur, more new gags and characters, along the lines of the featured floating puppet “Sham-Wow,” later accidentally deep-fried and resurrected as a ghost.
Harris, a song-and-dance stage star himself, hinted at an upcoming guest appearance on Glee, likely to be directed by Joss Whedon, for whom he also starred in the musical web hit Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog.
Harris is as much in the dark as anyone about the likelihood of a Horrible sequel. “I keep sort of asking (Whedon) if it’s gonna happen, if there’s gonna be any kind of Dr. Horrible-ness,” he says. “They’re anxious to do it, but scheduling becomes the tricky issue.”
Neil directs the January 18th episode of HIMYM, which guest stars Amanda Peet.
Really, what can’t you do in the entertainment industry?
Give me something to try to do and I’ll see what I can make of it. It’s a great business. I’m a huge fan of the process of it
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Neil has done another pre-Sketchfest interview, this time with San Jose Mercury News. It was most likely conducted a couple of weeks ago as he mentions being in the running for Gay Man of the Decade, rather than winning it. You can check the whole interview out here!
How did you learn about San Francisco Sketchfest and how did you become involved?
Janet Varney is a very close friend of mine. She’s one of the three founders (with Cole Stratton and David Owen) and I’m a wild fan of hers. So I do whatever she tells me to do. I think it’s an amazing feat that these three people take on so much.How do you know Janet?
Dave (Burtka), my better half, was in “On the Lot,” which was a competition reality show to find the next great director — a thing that Steven Spielberg produced. Janet and David were both actors on the show. They got to hang out and get to know each other, and we obviously all started hanging out. She and (boyfriend) Chris Hardwick — they’re hilarious together. I just like watching them perform around a dinner table.Are there any performers at Sketchfest you’re especially excited about?
A John Hodgman. I just worked on a movie with him. And I got him to be the voice-over announcer on the Emmys.When they announce the winner, you have a voice-over person say, “This is Michael’s third nomination.” I thought it would be fun to have John Hodgman do made-up ones like, “This is Khan’s second win; he was raised by packs of wolves.” I kind of wanted it to be one of those TiVo moments, with John in a booth making stuff up.
Joss Whedon, who directed you in “Dr. Horrible,” called you “the Sinatra of TV.” Time magazine called you the “icon of cool masculinity.” You really seem to be having fun with the kind of buzz you’ve generated from how your career has most recently unfolded.
I don’t take any of it to heart. Apparently, I’m in the running for gay man of the decade. Everyone’s looking for something to say about people and I’m flattered that what they say about me is generally positive. It’s been a lovely year. You try to represent yourself as best you can and execute as well as you can.
MagicNewsWire.com has posted a brand new audio interview with Neil, conducted on Monday. The interview, with MNW’s Dodd Vickers, last for half an hour. You can listen to it streaming on the site, or if you’d prefer there are various options for adding it to iTunes, downloading the MP3, etc.
As we approach Magic Week at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California, Neil Patrick Harris joins me for a second interview on the Magic Newswire podcast to discuss the 100th Anniversary of the mansion and “It’s Magic 2009.” Neil also talks about Max Maven’s resignation as the Castle’s Entertainment Director, why magic is an important part of his life and what the future has in store from his magic and for the Magic Castle.
A brief chat with Neil in which he discusses the Emmys and American Idol.
Something I forgot in all the updates yesterday – there’s a lovely article/interview up at USA Today, and there’s a new photo up along with the article. Thanks to a wonderful donor, we now have 73 HQ outtakes from that particular shoot in our gallery.
There’s a Q&A up on Oprah.com, and some new video interviews – one from TV Guide’s Emmy preview, and the cast on CBS’s The Early Show (both episodes contain some clips/behind the scenes from S5 episodes so slight spoilers).
Finally, there’s a Neil profile as part of the Celebrating…Emmy digimag, available here. The 24-page digi-mag celebrates the nominees for major categories, profiles host Neil Patrick Harris and includes a gallery of Charles Bush photographs of past recipients.
NYMag.com has a lovely new interview up with Neil. It’s quite long, and if you’re particularly spoiler averse, you might want to skip to page two before you start reading as the interview starts with a lovely observers-view of Neil and Cobie shooting a scene from early in season five. It’s the Sept 21st issue’s cover story, and if you live in the US you can order a copy here.
The results are finally in for Television Without Pity’s Tubey awards, and HIMYM came out on top in a number of categories! In the Scripted TV Shows section, HIMYM walked away with the awards for Best Comedy (beating out 30 Rock, amongst others) and “Show With the Best Internet Series Extension” thanks in no small part to Barney’s Blog and CanadianSexActs.org. On the Characters ballot, Barney was voted Favourite Character beating, well, every other character on television, as well as Best Sidekick. And while the Relationships and Storylines vote didn’t see Barney and Robin winning Best Almost-Romantic-But-Not-Quite Relationship (That went to TSCC’s John & Cameron), it was the TWoP staff pick for that category. But most importantly, under the Actors & Actresses section, Neil was voted Favourite Actor by both the TWoP readers and their staff. And that’s not even favourite comedy actor, it’s favourite overall! In the same section, HIMYM picked up the gong for Best Cast.
And Jeremy Piven won the award for... Most Undeserved Emmy Awarded in Sept 2008.
Neil talks with Entertainment Weekly about his guest judging stint on American Idol. He reveals as part of the interview that he, Josh and Jason have just completed a photoshoot for an upcoming issue of Playboy. It’s to coincide with the launch of the show, so it’s quite possibly the October issue, due out in late Sept.
In addition to his appearance on next Friday (Sept 4th)’s Letterman, Neil will also be checking in with Craig Ferguson on Septmeber 8th.
As mentioned on our Twitter, Neil is on the cover of this month’s issue of Genii magazine. You can order the issue on their website.
Finally, Neil is supporting the Get Schooled campaign. “Get Schooled is a national platform that connects, inspires and mobilizes people – from policymakers and corporate leaders to communities and kids – to find effective solutions to the problems facing our education system. It provides resources and information, community outreach and creative programming that engage a range of audiences around America’s education crisis.” You can check out his video message here. He is also once again supporting the What Book Got You Hooked? campaign. Now through September 30, readers everywhere are invited to share the first book that made reading fun for them and then help get more kids hooked by voting for the state to receive 50,000 new books for low-income youth.
Neil is on the cover of this month’s CBS Watch Magazine. It features a lengthy interview with Neil and David as they travelled around Europe earlier this year, and a lovely photoshoot to go with it. Thanks to entwashian from LiveJournal for allowing us to use her lovely scans in the gallery – you can see them here.
CBS Watch Magazine is available as a free subscription from the CBS Watch Magazine website if you live in the United States. If you don’t (like us!) then you’re (officially) out of luck, though there are a number of copies available on eBay.
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